I moved into a house last year and am now getting to work on the garden. The house had been owned by an older couple who had v. little grass in the garden and instead the whole garden was taken up by shrubs. I have kids so grass is what I'm looking for.
In the back I dug up the shrubs and planted grass. Grass came up beautifully but soon two kinds of shrubs started to come back and recolinate. So I dug up selectively trying to get to the roots of those shrubs. The roots go down over 30cm and are thick- I got out my measuring tape last night! I don't think I can dig up the whole garden to over 30cm. Someone told me of a rotivator - how deep do those go because it seems I need to get down deep. My husband is convinced that if we keep mowing the grass that the shrubs will eventually die out. What should I do??????? HELP needed!
Secondly, in the front garden the lawn was taken over by clover. So I put down a feed and weed (phostrogen). It's gone black as expected but the box doesn't say what to do next! Should I rake it, dig it? Will I need to re-seed grass? What do I do now?!!!
This is my first time having a garden and its a steep learning curve!
In the back I dug up the shrubs and planted grass. Grass came up beautifully but soon two kinds of shrubs started to come back and recolinate. So I dug up selectively trying to get to the roots of those shrubs. The roots go down over 30cm and are thick- I got out my measuring tape last night! I don't think I can dig up the whole garden to over 30cm. Someone told me of a rotivator - how deep do those go because it seems I need to get down deep. My husband is convinced that if we keep mowing the grass that the shrubs will eventually die out. What should I do??????? HELP needed!
Secondly, in the front garden the lawn was taken over by clover. So I put down a feed and weed (phostrogen). It's gone black as expected but the box doesn't say what to do next! Should I rake it, dig it? Will I need to re-seed grass? What do I do now?!!!
This is my first time having a garden and its a steep learning curve!